- Researchers from the University of Oxford have discovered a gene that regulates pain sensitisation by amplifying pain signals within the spinal cord. This will help future understanding of an important mechanism underlying chronic pain, and will provide hope for new pain treatments, they said. https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(22)00458-5?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0896627322004585%3Fshowall%3Dtrue 12 comments science